Startup Camp Lausitz

Qualified business coaches will help you turn your idea into a fully developed business concept using the Business Model Canvas. You’ll make important connections at networking events and get to know the Lausitz region as a business hub during field trips.

Depending on your current level of knowledge, you’ll gain essential entrepreneurial basics or fill gaps in your expertise to implement your concept in the region—whether as a startup or within an existing company.

Discussions with other participants will help you refine your idea even further. Get to know one another and inspire each other—whether during workshops, coffee breaks, or while relaxing around the grill after work.

We’ll bring role models, mentors, and key contacts to the camp: We’ll invite experienced entrepreneurs, business development professionals, investors, representatives from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and the Chamber of Crafts (HWK), and other influencers to participate in lectures, fireside chats, and open networking evenings. This way, you can lay the foundation for future partnerships.

And the venues will take you away from your everyday routine, clear your mind for new ideas, and show you the good sides of Lausitz.

StartupCamp Lausitz: Program* Kulturfabrik Schönbach I June 5–8, 2023

Day 1:

Monday, June 5, 2023:

• 10:00 a.m.: Welcome
• 10:30 a.m.: Presentation of business ideas and brainstorming session
• 12:00 p.m.: Lunch break
• 2:00 p.m.: Introduction to the Business Model Canvas
• 6:00 p.m.: Dinner and end of the day

Day 2:

Tuesday, June 6, 2023:

• 9:00 a.m.: Marketing Concept
• 12:00 p.m.: Lunch break
• 1:00 p.m.: Activities, Resources, Partners
• 2:30 p.m.: Financial Planning: Preparing a Financial Summary
• 6:00 p.m.: Dinner and end of the day

Day 3:

Wednesday, June 7, 2023:

• 9:00 a.m.: Legal Structure & Taxes
• 12:00 p.m.: Lunch break
• 1:00 p.m.: Optimizing Your Offering with Creativity
• 6:00 p.m.: Dinner and end of the day

Day 4:

Thursday, June 8, 2023:

• 9:00 a.m.: The pitch
• 12:00 p.m.: Lunch break
• 1:00 p.m.: Next Steps: The Startup Roadmap
• 2:30 p.m.: Entrepreneur Dialogue – STARKE Möbel GmbH, Maria Starke
• 5:00 p.m.: Funding Forum & Networking at the Blue Lagoon

*Subject to change

Participation in the event is free of charge, but we ask that you register in advance.

With this workshop series, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to further develop your business idea and thereby improve your chances of securing startup funding such as the InnoStartBonus, a technology startup grant, or an EXIST startup grant.

This Startup Camp is organized in collaboration with the Dresden Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Dresden), the Startup Lausitz startup ecosystem, and other partners in the Lausitz support network.